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عُفَافَةٌ

Root: عف

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عُفَافَةٌ is the subst. from عَفَّ said of milk: so says IDrd: [accord. to him, it app. signifies Milk that has collected in the udder:] and it signifies accord. to another or others, as also عُفَّةٌ , somewhat of milk remaining in the udder after most of it has been sucked.
2 And F explains العُفَافَةُ, with damm, by the words أَنْ تَأْخُذَ الشَّىْءِ بَعْدَ الشَّىْءِ فَأَنْتَ تَعْتَفُّهُ [as though signifying The taking thing after thing, by licking it up, or otherwise, from the ground, choosing the best thereof: but this mode of explanation is often used in lexicons to denote the thing, or things, mentioned therein; not the act: and I think that what is here meant is the thing, or things, thus taken: this, moreover, is agreeable with the general analogy of words of the measure فُعَالَةٌ; as is shown by many exs. in the Mz, 40th نوع].
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